milquetoast

noun

Definition of milquetoastnext
as in coward

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Recent Examples of milquetoast This year’s ceremony was not perfect, of course — there were some sound-production issues, there were some presenters with milquetoast bits (as always), and a few winners were played off the stage with cruelly abrupt music cues. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2026 The upstart Slovaks, by far the story of this otherwise milquetoast tournament, will face either the United States or the winner of Wednesday’s Switzerland-Finland game in the semifinals on Friday, and are guaranteed to play in a medal game. — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026 Tessa Thompson stars as the restless housewife who needs to secure her milquetoast husband (Tom Bateman) a promotion and has a nasty habit of playing with guns. — Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 14 Dec. 2025 Each of the game’s major areas — with milquetoast monikers like Flare Pool and Volt Forge — saddles the player with a new Federation members who’s been trapped on Viewros. — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for milquetoast
Recent Examples of Synonyms for milquetoast
  1. coward
  2. wuss
  3. nebbish
  4. mouse
Noun
  • But Coyote has hitched his hopes for the mammoth case upon a man who could only be called a coward.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The pundits feasted on her neutrality, most venomously Megyn Kelly, who called her a coward.
    — Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of coward
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  • Supporters of the Republican candidate, state Attorney General Ken Paxton, portray Democrats as wusses, cucks, soy boys who don’t follow sports.
    — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
  • Henry is a megalomaniac and a complete wuss.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
Definition of wuss
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  • At the film’s Cipriani afterparty, the New York Times’ Kyle Buchanan compared the Babygirl effect to what Challengers did for Josh O’Connor, who’d previously played nice guys and nebbishes.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2024
  • Is the algorithm going to make the out-of-shape nebbish standup an endangered species?
    — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2023
Definition of nebbish
Noun
  • Reuters said March and April reports of impending layoffs and Meta tracking employees’ keyboard and mouse input in order to train AI agents (Meta has since paused the program) hurt employee morale.
    — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
  • With more than two decades of professional experience, Terry Guido has built a notable career in image analysis of mouse models with Alzheimer’s-like pathology.
    — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of mouse

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“Milquetoast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/milquetoast. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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